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Show 1905.] MAMMALS AND BIRDS OF LIBERIA. 207 No. 12. Four adults. St. Paul's River, Jan. 5, 1905. [Rock birds. Found in flocks. Wings stand out at the shoulders and do not appear to rest close at the sides as in other birds.] 4. H a g e d a s h ia h a g e d a s h . Ibis hcigeclash (Lath.); Biittik. Notes Leyd. Mus. vii. p. 242 (Buluma), p. 127 (Du Queah River); id. Reisebilder Liberia, ii. p. 429. Hagedashia hagedash Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. 19 (1898). No. 20. 5 adult. St. Paul's River, Jan. 27, 1905. [Eyes red and black.] 5. E u r y s t om u s g u l a r is . Eurystomus gularis "Vieill.; Biittik. Notes Leyd. Mus. vii. p. 159 (Bavia and Sofore Place, St. Paul's River), xi. p. 130 ; id. Reisebilder Liberia, ii. p. 401 ; id. Notes Leyd. Mus. xiv. p. 22 (Sulymah River) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 32 (1892). No. 10. $ adult. St. Paul's River, Dec. 16, 1904. [The so-called " Day Bat " of Liberia.] 6. H a l c y o n c y a n o l e u c u s . Halcyon cyanoleuca (Vieill.); Biittik. Notes Leyd. Mus. vii. p. 162 (Bavia, St. Paul's River), xi. p. 130; id. Reisebilder Liberia, ii. p. 401. Halcyon cyanoleucus Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 245 (1892). No. 8. S adult. St. Paul's River, Dec. 1, 1904. [Bill bright red ; eyes black. Feeds on ants. Stands on twigs with its head at right angles to its body.] No. 11. S aclult. St. Paul's River, Jan. 2, 1905. 7. L o ph o c e r o s c a m u r u s . Buceros camurus (Cass.); Biittik. Notes Leyd. Mus. vii. p. 210 (Sofore Place, St. Paul's River), viii. p. 262 (Junk River), x. p. 93 (Hill Town). Tokus camurus Biittik. Notes Leyd. Mus. xi. p. 134; id. Reisebilder Liberia, ii. p. 419. Lophoceros camurus Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 404 (1892). No. 14. S adult. St. Paul's River, Jan. 6, 1905. [Bill very bright scarlet. Rarely met with.] 8. ScOTORNIS CLIMACURUS. Scotornis longicaudus (Steph.); Biittik. Notes Leyd. Mus. vii. p. 156 (near Grand Cape Mount), viii. p. 248 (Junk River), x. p. 68 (Schiefl'elinsville), xi. pp. 116, 129 (Gallilee Falls), xii. P r o c . Z o o l . S o c .- 1905, Y o l . I . No. X I Y . 14 |